The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 1John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1929 - Commonwealth countries |
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Page 443
... slaves , and the dull routine duties connected with this commerce in Africa were the chief occupation of the Com- pany's servants . By this time the European slave purchases in West Africa were made according to a recognised system ...
... slaves , and the dull routine duties connected with this commerce in Africa were the chief occupation of the Com- pany's servants . By this time the European slave purchases in West Africa were made according to a recognised system ...
Page 445
... SLAVE TRADE 445 When the slaves had been purchased , the next concern of the Company was to despatch them to the West Indies with the greatest possible speed . Sometimes negroes were brought to the ports when there were no vessels on ...
... SLAVE TRADE 445 When the slaves had been purchased , the next concern of the Company was to despatch them to the West Indies with the greatest possible speed . Sometimes negroes were brought to the ports when there were no vessels on ...
Page 819
... slaves of a planter . The effect of this kindness is a daily increase of riches by the slaves born to him on his own plantation . He told me he had not bought in a slave for upwards of twenty years " . Still , though Miss Schaw's ...
... slaves of a planter . The effect of this kindness is a daily increase of riches by the slaves born to him on his own plantation . He told me he had not bought in a slave for upwards of twenty years " . Still , though Miss Schaw's ...
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